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In some senses, double-barrelled is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
VERB + DOUBLE-BARRELLED
enjoyed
DOUBLE-BARRELLED + NOUN
reputation
PREP.
on, with
adj
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun.
Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.
Alexander Taylor, a native of Stonehaven who in the later forties went to Edinburgh, where he enjoyed a double-barrelled reputation as a rhymester and as an astronomer.
Order-maintenance crackdowns are not an alternative but rather an addition to the severe penalties that dominate criminal justice […] What we are left with today is a system of severe punishments for major offenders and severe treatments for minor offenders and ordinary citizens, especially minorities, a double-barreled approach with significant effects on large numbers of our citizenry.
Having two separate parts, often adjoined by a hyphen (or sometimes a space).
Almost unbelievably, some authors have formed the erroneous conception that ‘Hobson-Jobson’ is actually the double-barrelled surname of the dictionary’s editor.
Forceful, powerful (like a double-barrelled shotgun).
When the sheriff arrested [Lucy Hicks Anderson] one night, her double-barrelled reputation paid off—Charles Donlon, the town's leading banker, promptly bailed her out. Reason: He had scheduled a huge dinner party, which would have collapsed dismally with Lucy In gaol.
Range Rover ran an ad campaign referring to grouse shooting with the line: “There’s only one car for the double-barrelled.”
adjective — having two purposes
adjective — having two barrels mounted side by side
Alexander Taylor, a native of Stonehaven who in the later forties went to Edinburgh, where he enjoyed a double-barrelled reputation as a rhymester and as an astronomer.
WiktionaryOrder-maintenance crackdowns are not an alternative but rather an addition to the severe penalties that dominate criminal justice […] What we are left with today is a system of severe punishments for
WiktionarySkilling came to Enron with a double-barrelled reputation: on the one hand he was known to be a cold man with a taste for macho showing-off (Enron employees nicknamed him 'Darth Vader'). On the other
WiktionaryShe has a double-barrelled name.
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In some senses, double-barrelled is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.